The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy says it will soon deploy the Five Generation network (5G) in Nigeria for increased connectivity. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this in Abuja when he featured on FORUM, a special News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) interview programme. He said that the decision […]
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Flooded area in Lekki, Lagos There is cause to worry about the possibility of Lagos being submerged by water in the not-too-distant future. Such an apprehension is borne not just because of the series of projections and reports tending towards such doomsday scenario, but also because recent rainfall and its effect on the country’s commercial […]
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Photo/Facebook/PLSGov/ Delivers attacks survivors Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has begged the government and people of Ondo State for forgiveness, following recent attack on their people. Recall that about 23 people from Ondo passing through Jos were killed on August 14, while 23 others were reportedly injured. The commuters were attacked enroute Ondo along […]
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Photo/Twitter/GovernorMasari Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has dismissed a call by the state’s chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) for his resignation over his stance on self defence against bandits. In a statement on Sunday in Katsina, his Director General on Media, Alhaji Abdul Labaran, quoted Masari as describing the call as absurd […]
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Contrary to an earlier report that resident doctors may call off their 19 days old strike tomorrow, new developments have shown that the strike continues as the doctors’ umbrella body, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) presented by the Federal Government. According to NAN, the body’s […]
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Bandits have freed 15 of the remaining kidnapped students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna. Altogether, the bandits have freed 43 of the 121 abducted students of the school. The release was confirmed by the chairman of Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. John Hayab, who said the 15 […]
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Former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, in this interview with Gbenga Salau, said Boko Haram’s affinity with Al-Qaida could portend danger to Nigeria’s war against insurgency. He, however, underscored the need to re-strategise for the set objectives to be accomplished. The return of the Taliban to Afghanistan seem to […]
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Alleges APC trying to force one-party state Decries Nigeria’s Worsening Misery Index The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, raised the alarm over alleged use of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to hound and harass its leaders to cow and weaken opposition ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party, however, stated that no […]
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Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/Getty Images Penultimate week’s suspension of the processes of procuring electronic voting machines by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the delay in the passage of the Electoral Act amendment into law, may have dashed the country’s hopes of imminent transition to electronic voting. A chieftain of the commission reportedly said […]
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Photo: NAN Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have nabbed a man supplying bomb-making materials to Boko Haram members in Geidam Local Council of Yobe State. The suspect, Yusuf Saleh, was arrested at Bayamari along the Geidam/Gashua road for allegedly supplying 38 bags of urea fertiliser for bomb making. Spokesman […]
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